(The denial by the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) of the attribute of descent for Allah, on the grounds that descent is for a body) And likewise when we say, "Our Lord descends *** in the last third of the night or the middle third," you said
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The Shaykh : The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
" And likewise when we say, 'Our Lord descends *** in the last third of the night or the middle third
you said to us that descent for anything other than bodies *** is impossible; this is not possible' "
The people of the Sunnah and the community say that Allah descends Himself to the lowest heaven in the last third of the night or the middle third of the night. That is why it says "the last third of the night or the middle third." Yes.
You said to us, "in the last third of the night," meaning the final third, or "the middle third," meaning the middle third, because in some hadiths it is stated that He descends when half of the night remains.
" You said to us that descent for anything other than bodies *** is impossible; this is not possible "
That is to say, if you affirm the descent, you affirm that He is a body, and a body is prohibited in their view, because bodies are similar to one another. Yes.
" And likewise when we say, 'Our Lord descends *** in the last third of the night or the middle third
you said to us that descent for anything other than bodies *** is impossible; this is not possible' "
The people of the Sunnah and the community say that Allah descends Himself to the lowest heaven in the last third of the night or the middle third of the night. That is why it says "the last third of the night or the middle third." Yes.
You said to us, "in the last third of the night," meaning the final third, or "the middle third," meaning the middle third, because in some hadiths it is stated that He descends when half of the night remains.
" You said to us that descent for anything other than bodies *** is impossible; this is not possible "
That is to say, if you affirm the descent, you affirm that He is a body, and a body is prohibited in their view, because bodies are similar to one another. Yes.